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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 05:17 PM
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For everybody who wants to gripe about milk prices, here's a reminder of what's in it:
PUS



http://www.milksucks.com/pus.asp





This post brought to you because the local news is meandering on reasons for higher milk cost:

* transportation costs have gone up
* costs more to feed the cows
* the global marketplace
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 05:19 PM
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1. Whoa.
Nice post, HT. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 07:53 PM
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4. Thanks!
:)
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jilln Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 05:20 PM
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2. Hey!
Pustaches are cool. Just look at the ads.
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MsKandice01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 05:23 PM
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3. Eh, I don't drink it anyway...
It just seems to me that no matter how fresh milk is, it always tasted somewhat spoiled to me. My taste buds are all outta whack though.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:01 PM
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5. Cow Pus tastes GOOD!
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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:17 PM
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6. as a representive from the Dairy State...
I want to point out that dairy farmers (at least the few that I know) take great care to keep sick cows out of the milk production lines. The milk is tested as it is gathered and there are fines if you've introduced infected cow milk to the supply. Also, milk is pasteurized thus killing any infectious properties.

All that being said? I can't stand the taste of milk.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:18 PM
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7. ...
:puke:
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:20 PM
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8. I don't drink milk
Period.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:22 PM
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9. Me, either. Even as a kid, when my parents forced it on me, I sneaked it
into the kitchen sink. That stuff is revolting.

Redstone
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:36 PM
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15. My dad used to make me drink it
and I did the same thing you did.

He said it would make me grow big and strong. He is over 6 feet and I am 5'3", so mayhaps he was right.

I am strong, just not so big. Sigh.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:23 PM
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10. My milk is good and raw from cows up the street that hang around the field napping all day.
No horrormones. No caged life. No forced feeding. Just cows chilling with their calves out in the grass.
Good milk. Bit 'cowy' though for some people.
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 12:00 AM
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23. i get my milk from a farm like you are describing
just some lazy cows out in a pasture from a small time farmer. Its non pasturized and tastes great.

You always see those "Happy Cows From California" adds but really, i bet they are all in huge factory farms crowded up together. I would love to see someone do a expose on "Happy Cows From California"
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 12:35 PM
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31. That's the kind of milk I was raised on and I sure do miss it. We
had Jersey milk cows and they give milk that's similar to half and half, it's so rich. It took me a long time to get used to the taste of milk out of a carton when I left the farm. Our girls were as much of a family pet as the dogs were.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:24 PM
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11. did they bring up price supports?
you know, your tax money being used to keep certain agricultral products prices artificially high?
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mduffy31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 07:38 AM
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27. I have a relative who is a Dairy Farmer
Who would have guessed Wisconsin after all, and he doesn't make that much money. Most of the money goes to the Dairies, not the farmers.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:24 PM
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12. Uhmmmm
ewwwwww
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:25 PM
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13. MILK IS LIQUID MEAT!!!
and Meat is Murder.

Therefore, milk is murder.

It couldn't be any simpler than that.

I like "simple". Simple is good.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:32 PM
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14. I bet breast milk has some pus in it, too.
In fact, everything you consume has something "undesirable" in it.

Oh, and little bugs live on your eyelashes.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:39 PM
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16. Well, if milk has pus, then I guess I like pus, because I sure drink
enough of it. (1gal. by myself every other day)
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 08:43 PM
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17. Very delicious pus.
I'm gonna go pour up a glass right now.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 09:26 PM
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18. vegetables grow better when you put SHIT on them
anyway, pusmilk is good in coffee.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 09:28 PM
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19. Stay out of my garden!
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 10:15 PM
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20. the more people know
the more we all learn about what our food goes through, especially when it's coming from animals, then the better they'll be treated and the better it will be for us and the whole world. What we feed to one nameless cow could feed a family.
Not to be snooty in the lounge SORRY but everyone should have to see all it takes to get their food to their table. The animal cruelty was all it took for me & now I've learned enough about the processing and transportation too.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 12:31 PM
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30. It's quite possible
to know what you know,and still eat meat.

The notion that it's only ignorance that keeps people from agreeing with you is silly.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 01:30 PM
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33. true
To me it's a horrible shame, the torturous harm to so many animals and the cost to the environment.. our meat industry is just unreasonable. I've visited a chicken plant and also watched the video of animals being factory farmed. (If I could find it I'd post it. I assume it would be hard for anyone with a heart to watch but maybe I'm just extra soft.) I still eat a little meat, and it bothers me to know what it's taken to get it to me.. But them I'm just a tree-hugging cow-lover :) a smaller minority all the time.

I wanted to tell you how I like your monkey picture, every time I listen to the news lately I think of that picture! x(
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 10:22 PM
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21. Is organic milk counted in this report?
I'm going to guess no, but you never know the way our great leader runs things!
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-11-07 11:57 PM
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22. screw the rising cost of milk!
a sixer of Pabst Blue Ribbon went up a whole dollar!!!!

:grr:
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Screwfly Donating Member (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 01:12 AM
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26. Beer vs. Millk
I saw this spokeswoman for PETA on the news, and she said it was healthier to drink beer than milk.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 12:48 AM
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24. Yeah, well....
I got this MySpace bulletin today:

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of "Poop."

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine ( vodka, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember: Water = Poop, Wine= Health

Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit.


We're drinking poop and pus. :9

:puke:
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 12:53 AM
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25. As long as it's 1% or nonfat
I luvs me some milk
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 12:27 PM
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28. Mmmmm, yummy!
:*
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slj0101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 12:30 PM
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29. MMM. I love dipping oreos in pus.
I also like whipping some pus into a few chicken abortions to make my omelettes fluffier.


You're going to have to try harder. The cow pus gimmick doesn't work on most "omnis" anymore.
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 12:36 PM
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32. I personally hate milk...
except to cook with or on my cereal. About three years ago, we found out that our daughter was allergic to dairy. We switched to soy milk and never look back.
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